Last Saturday we listed seven reasons not to miss this Saturday's L.A. Street Food Fest. Today we thought of an eighth. Purchase your ticket for Unique's LA's first-ever summer show, and you'll receive $10 off your food festival ticket. Use the code "UniqueFoodie" to receive your discount. more ›

Calling all vegans! Today is a great day to be a pizza-loving animal-free eating Angeleno, because we are all set to celebrate National Vegan Pizza Day, which is sponsored by Chicago Soy Dairy and local blogger Quarrygirl. Here in the country's 8th-friendliest city for vegans, you can honor this delicious day with a few discounts and celebrations. more ›

That little "I Voted" sticker is more than just a way to flaunt your role in the democratic process, it also gets you some discounts and freebies around town. more ›

Starting today and running for an entire week, a number of independent boutiques are each offering special discounts to shoppers as part of Boutique Week, happening October 24-31 in several major U.S. cities. more ›

There are several Los Angeles restaurants and bars offering Tax Day discounts and specials, as well as some large chains who have specials and freebies today. And wouldn't it be nice to have something to snack or sip on while you're in line at the post office today? more ›

Whether today is an official day off for you or you're clocked in as usual, you can give your wallet a break if you take advantage of some of the dining out deals we've spotted for today via Twitter. more ›

With many local eateries and retailers looking to help out the relief efforts for Haiti, Heath Ceramics has joined the ranks and has two ways to shop and donate over the three-day weekend. In addition to donating 25% of sales from their Sausalito, LA & online stores to Architecture for Humanity’s earthquake reconstruction efforts in Haiti, if you visit the Los Angeles location you can purchase a $10 raffle ticket to win a ceramic piece by Adam Silverman (pictured) and 100% of proceeds go to Architecture for Humanity in Haiti. more ›

Here are some dining out deals spotted today on Twitter aimed at taking the bite off your budget: more ›

Here are some dining out (and shopping!) deals spotted today on Twitter aimed at taking the bite off your budget: Hello, happy hour! From The Artisan Cheese Gallery: "Introducing the ACG Apertivo! Mon-Fri, 4pm-6pm, 2 selected cheeses, bread & a glass of wine for $12! Sounds like a nice afternoon!" [via @ArtisanCheese] more ›

Here are some dining out (and shopping!) deals spotted today on Twitter aimed at taking the bite off your budget: Happy Hour at The Spring Street Smokehouse: have a great monday, folks. happy hour is on from 3-6pm! discounts on draft beers and deeelicious $5 sandwiches! [via @SpringStreetBBQ] A gift with purchase at Pourtal: Free Artisanal Cheese Plates Monday Night @Pourtal Wine Bar with minimum purchase after 7p ($12 value) (promo details) [via @pourtal] more ›

Here are some dining out (and shopping!) deals spotted today on Twitter aimed at taking the bite off your budget: more ›

Here are some dining out deals spotted today on Twitter aimed at taking the bite off your budget:

• From Taste: Happy Holiday from All of Us @ Taste! Happy Hour All Day @ Taste on Melrose | Code word: "Let it snow" ...tell only your best friends... [@ilovetaste]
• A trivia contest from the London West Hollywood: The movie "Love Actually" takes place at Xmas in what European city? Answer before 5pm, we'll pick 1 right answer for free dessert! [@LondonWeHo]

Celebrate with savings! Here are three dining out deals spotted this morning on Twitter that will take the edge off holiday woes or take the bite off your budget: From Henry's Hat: "Today 12-21,lunch,dinner & take out, get every $ you spend back in gift certificates to Henry's Hat & Luna Park rounded up to make good gift" Promo details [@henryhatla]. From the Hungry Cat: "Happy Holidays! To put everybody in the mood, cocktails are 1/2 priced all day Monday 12/21/09. Hope to see you!" more ›

Finally! Being a local in Hollywood has some advantages. Or, rather, will have some come October, if you want to play tourist in your own backyard. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has announced several area businesses and services will be offering savings of 50 per cent to SoCal residents during the month of October, according to abc7. more ›

Our contest for tomorrow night's Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra concert featuring a Marimba concerto has come and gone, but that doesn't mean there are not other perks to be had. more ›

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Just weeks after announcing the addition of more flights from Burbank Airport, discount airline Skybus is closing down today and plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The shutdown was revealed late yesterday; all flights were completed Friday, but the airline had flights scheduled through to September 2, reports the Daily News. more ›

Bargain airliner Skybus is adding a route into Burbank's Bob Hope Airport starting Monday. The airline has two US hubs, and has been operating flights to and from the one in Columbus, Ohio for some time now, and is now linking BUR with its other hub in Greensboro, North Carolina. more ›

Who would have known? This summer I went around the apartment, systematically, room by room, replacing my regular light bulbs with compact fluorescents lights (CFLs) at the recommendation of councilman Eric Garcetti. In the end, I replaced nine. The effects on our next two electricity bills we're amazing, yet confusing. Why was it considerably less? It really should be costlier in the summer due to our not-so-well insulated 1960's apartment when the AC must... more ›

Sir Richard Branson's SFO-based harem of nubile air carriages wants you on board. Beginning this morning, cut-rate tickets are on sale for LAX-SFO flights on Virgin America. 5 flights daily are scheduled to shuttle between the two airports starting August 8 -- with coach seats going for $44 each way (before tax). First-class Virgin tickets are also offered at the introductory price of $149 each way. While numerous airlines have been grounded, bought out, or... more ›

Stocking stuffer alert for the foodies on your list! When it comes time to make New Year's resolutions, oftentimes at the top of ours is "Try more restaurants!" And this is when "new" is a relative term; sometimes "new to us" is as good as new, if not better. But then as any given mealtime approaches, we find ourselves scrambling for ideas: Where should we go? How much of a dent in the wallet will... more ›